Introduction
Professor Fiona Tweed is part of a project team that has been successful in
obtaining a £65K research grant from the UK Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC) for a project entitled ‘Impacts and dynamics of volcanically-generated
jökulhlaups, Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland’. This project examines the impacts
of large jökulhlaups (glacier outburst floods) on the landscape surrounding
the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, eruptions from which caused flights to be
suspended over large parts of Europe in April and May 2010.
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Ejafjallajökull erupting © Matt Roberts
Background and context
The project capitalises on pre-flood data acquired by members of the project team during fieldwork prior to onset of the Fimmvörðuháls eruption in March and the April eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. The project is being led by Prof. Andrew Russell and other researchers at Newcastle University, with collaborating scientists from Leeds University, Northumbria University, the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the University of Iceland. Dr. Matthew Roberts, Honorary Fellow in IESR, is also a research partner in this venture. The project team members have a highly successful track record of collaboration and publication examining modern and ancient jökulhlaup impacts at the margins of several of Iceland’s glaciated volcanoes over the past 15 years.
Summary of project research
Project impact
Project reports
